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A Sociocultural Perspective: Seeking Evidence of Development in a PACE Approach to Grammar Instruction
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Davin, Kristin J.; Kushki, Ali – Language Learning, 2022
Situated within Sociocultural theory (SCT), this article analyzed an existing data set (Toth, 2021a, 2021b, 2021c, available at https://www.iris-database.org) to investigate learners' development through participation in a dialogic approach to grammar instruction called PACE. The target of instruction was the Spanish pronominal clitic…
Descriptors: Grammar, Teaching Methods, Spanish, Second Language Learning
An Implicational Model for Second Language Research.
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Anderson, Roger W. – Language Learning, 1978
Offers a model for research in second language acquisition. The model is based on implicational analysis and attempts to account for individuals and groups, systematicity and variability. An analysis of the use of grammatical morphemes by Spanish-speaking students of English illustrates the model. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grammar, Individual Differences, Language Research
Transformational-Generative Theories of Language and the Role of Conditioning in Language Learning
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Ney, James W. – Language Learning, 1971
Descriptors: Charts, Cognitive Processes, Grammar, Learning Theories
Individual Differences and the Fundamental Similarity of Implicit and Explicit Adult Second Language Learning.
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Robinson, Peter – Language Learning, 1997
Examines claims that unconscious second language learning under implicit and incidental conditions is insensitive to measures of individual differences in cognitive abilities, in contrast to learning under conscious rule-search and instructed conditions. Findings revealed that only in the incidental condition was the extent of learning and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Ability